Trivial for loop inner loop timings:
- Oak
std.loop: 1.7µs - Python 3.10
for i in range(...): 0.12µs
Python can iterate through all 32-bit ints in around 8 minutes; Oak can do it in around 2 hours. (A well-optimized compiled program should take no more than a few seconds.)
Seems right — the Oak-Python gap narrows with more complex programs.
Another few prompts that I liked, for DALL-E 2:
Wide blurry shot on film, dreamlike motion blur, pristinely lit hands manipulating ethereal transparent retro computer displays, color graded like the film "Interstellar", warm-glow basement studio vibes, my favorite photograph from last night
Close-up shaky blurry shot on polaroid, dreamlike motion blur and light leaks, pristinely lit warehouse with friends conversing and thinking together on a humongous ethereal whiteboard, color graded like the film "Interstellar". warm-glow modern basement studio vibes
La fonction de l’artiste est ainsi fort claire: il doit ouvrir un atelier, et y prendre en réparation le monde, par fragments, comme il lui vient.
- Francis Ponge
Keep seeing these narratives casting "traditional" software in some kind of battle with AI systems. The war is never between AI and software. The war is always humanity against entropy, and always will be. AI is just a better weapon to beat entropy.
Humanity against entropy. Consciousness against the void.